MP Podcast — 19

Obama wants the first two years of community college to be free.
Female drives are considered terrorists, in Saudi Arabia.
Pete McGrain’s documentary “Ethos” questions the U.S’s “democracy.”

“The program would require action from a Republican-dominated Congress. “With no details or information on the cost, this seems more like a talking point than a plan,” said Cory Fritz, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
The White House said details on the cost and funding would come in the State of the Union Address on Jan. 20 and the president’s budget request Feb. 2. But the White House expects 9 million students to participate and save up to $3,800 a year for two years. That would place the cost at nearly $70 billion, though there are questions about building capacity at the nation’s 1,100 community colleges.
The federal government would pay three quarters of the cost, at least initially.”
  ― Gregor